Removing old nodes used for cross-platform scheduling

Products

• CA 7 Workload Automation

Issue/Introduction

The CA 7 Tracker is attempting to contact an obsolete UUJMA server that has been decommissioned. How can I prevent the Tracker from attempting to contact this server?  What is the process required to remove a node?
 

Environment

Release:
Component: 7

Resolution

The Tracker has a checkpoint dataset that contains all the nodes and the date/time of the last record received from that node.   The node will need to be removed from the XEVENTS dataset.  If the node has been decommissioned, you must enter the DELNODE command to the Tracker to remove the node from the checkpoint.  This does not require CA 7 to be bounced.
 
If you are running the internal Tracker under CA 7, you will need to enter the following CA 7 top line command:

/XTASK,M=(CMD,TRACKER,DELNODE(xxxxxxxx))          >>>> where xxxxxxxx is the node name to be removed
 
If you are running the Tracker as its own task, you will issue an zOS Modify command to the STC:
 
F ca7xtrk,DELNODE(xxxxxxxx)                                           >>>> where xxxxxxxx is the node name to be removed